Our bus to Manali is at 4: 40 pm today. After breakfast we
just walked around and sat at a restaurant at noon. Then the rain started
pouring down. That announced the arrival of monsoon at Mcleod Ganj. It rained
heavily for about 1.5 hrs. We went back to the hotel after the rains subsided.
Packed our bags and went out to the bus station to catch the bus to Manali.
Our nightmares with public transport started again. We
booked tickets for a delux bus. But when the time came the bus that arrived was
an ordinary bus. I had an argument with the conductor of the bus. He said that
there is no delux bus and this is the only bus to Manali at this time and we
can take it or leave it! I was very angry. After our last bus journey to
Dharamsala, both of us were really pissed off. I didn’t try to talk with Bru, and
as we had no other option we decided to take it. A 12 hr journey in an ordinary
bus was staring at us and both of us were not at all looking forward to it.
Once the bus started climbing up the winding roads the ‘show’ started. Many of
the passengers started getting sick and after a while many of the people were
vomiting all around the place. It was one hell of a ride. And it was just a
beginning!
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